..To determine the prevalence of serious pathology in patients presenting to primary care settings with acute low back pain, and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of recommended "red flag" screening questions...

Prognosis in patients with recent onset low back pain in Australian primary care: inception cohort study

Nicholas HenschkeMusculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, AustraliaBMJ 337:a171. 2008

..To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of recent onset low back pain managed in primary care...

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain

..All 'evidence-based' clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of red flags to screen for serious causes of back pain. However, it remains unclear if the diagnostic accuracy of red flags is sufficient to support this recommendation...

Low back pain research priorities: a survey of primary care practitioners

..We tested the hypothesis that pain location does not add predictive value to these generic prognostic models, and that such prognostic factors are equally important across different pain locations...

After an episode of acute low back pain, recurrence is unpredictable and not as common as previously thought

..However, it cannot be ruled out that in carefully selected patients, some injection therapy or denervation procedures may be of benefit...

Pain education to prevent chronic low back pain: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Adrian C TraegerSchool of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBMJ Open 4:e005505. 2014